Prayer is a vital part of our relationship with God. Prayer is simply talking directly to God. Prayer is not meditation. God wants us to talk to him about anything and everything. There are no time ...

I have never been religious in the “traditional sense.” As the first boy in my family’s history to be bar mitzvah’d, I was honored. I was proud of my heritage but the oft-times dogmatic rituals that ...

People often seek protection primarily for the feeling of safety, direction, and support that it can provide in a world of ...

The author's Rosaries. (Courtesy of James Martin, S.J.) About 15 years ago, I was invited, along with two Jesuit friends, on a pilgrimage to Lourdes. Our hosts were members of the Order of Malta. I ...